Learn how to identify more than 500 rocks and minerals of the world through stunning photographs, detailed characteristics, and quick, accessible text.
Inside the pages of this comprehensive book about rocks and minerals, you’ll discover:
• A clear visual key distinguishing different rocks and minerals to make identification easy and accurate
• Entries that include at-a-glance technical details, for quick reference
• Stunning photographs that show close-ups of key details and unique attributes
• Highlights of the key features of minerals: chemical group and composition, hardness, specific gravity, crystal cleavage, and fracture
• Highlights of the key features of rocks: group, origin, pressure and temperature, grain size and shape, classification, and fossils
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